What do you think when you see someone who isn't like you? Are you quick to judge and think that you are better than them just because they are different? Well the early Americans thought that they were better than the American Indians, from religion, to race, to their whole lifestyle. In this paper are two views from the opposing sides, both arguing from their good thoughts to their bad. First is Thomas Jefferson's view as the early American coming into the Indians native land. Then there is William Apess, although of mixed blood, viewing the arrival of the puritans from the Native American's point of view.
Thomas Jefferson, our icon of freedom and personal liberty, set the national policy toward Native Americans that would last for over one hundred years. He began the trail of tears that would destroy cultures and result in the reservation system. .
Thomas Jefferson admired and lauded the American Indian. As a man of the Romantic Era he saw them as unspoiled, the "noble savage". Also as a man of the Enlightenment, with its analytical detachment, he knew that the Indian way of life could no longer exist in an expanding United States.
Jefferson's attitude toward the Indian population of the United States always seemed as profoundly paradoxical as his attitude toward slavery. On several occasions he went out of his way to describe the Indian people of North America as a noble race who were the innocent victims of history. One senses in so many of Jefferson's observations on Indians an authentic admiration mingled with a truly poignant sense of tragedy about their fate as a people. On the other hand, it was during Jefferson's presidency that the basic decisions were made that required the deportation of massive segments of the Indian population to land west of the Mississippi."the seeds of extinction" for Native American culture were sown under Jefferson. (Ellis, 71).
Jefferson had known and been interested in Native Americans all of his life.
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was a man that was one of the founding fathers of our nation. ... William Douglas. Jefferson remembered William Douglas as "an extraordinary teacher except in the classics." ... When Thomas was 17 he attended William and Mary College located in Williamsburg, Virginia. ... Thomas Jefferson never remarried. ...
Thomas Jefferson was a man of many abilities. ... Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia.His father Peter Jefferson was a wealthy man and his mother Jane Randolph Jefferson came from one of the first families of Virginia. ... At seventeen he attended the college of William and Mary. ... Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Second Continental Congress. ... Jefferson also served in the House of Delegates where he passed bills to create a public library and to modernize curriculum or the college of William and Mary. ...
Thomas Jefferson held many government positions. ... Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 in the colony of Virginia. ... Thomas Jefferson came from a family of six girls and two boys. ... In 1760, Thomas Jefferson went to college at the College of William and Mary. ... Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to 6. ...
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 on a farm called "Shadwell, in Albernarle County, Virginia" adjoining what is now Monticello. ... At age seventeen, In 1760 Thomas was admitted to the College of William and Mary, "mathematics was said to be his favorite study, nevertheless, he distinguished himself in all the branches of education. ... (Encyclopedia) At this time during his college years attending William and Mary "Thomas read law with George Wythe, the greatest law teacher of his generation in Virginia." ... Sally was the personal servant to Thomas Jefferson's and his decea...
Besides being well born, Thomas Jefferson, was well educated. He attended the College of William and Mary and read law (1762-1767) with George Wythe the greatest law teacher of his generation in Virginia. ... William Small's, a Mathematic professor, every day cohort. ... He used his presidential power to purchase Louisiana from France and gave Meriwither Lewis and William Clark the opportunity and the responsibility to explore this vast territory. ... The inscription was to read: Here was buried Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Vi...
Thomas Paine's Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson's the Declaration of Independence is in many ways similar, and is in many ways different as well. Paine's approach to his work contrasts that of Jefferson's. ... However, where Common Sense seems to be an opinionated essay, Thomas Jefferson writes somewhat of a call to battle. ... Paine however, presents his ideas in more of a persuasive essay style. ... In contrast, the Declaration of Independence is a bold and assertive document. ...
David Rodriguez AP American History 9/26/03 Presidential Outline Thomas Jefferson I. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1836) II. ... Education- Was sent to Dover, Virginia, where he studied Latin with Reverend William Douglas until 1757. ... In March 1760 Jefferson entered the College of William and Mary. ... Thomas Jefferson was a fairly good president and receives an overall rating of 6.5. ...
Thomas Jefferson: Enlightening Hero February 11th, 2003 Thomas Jefferson lived from 1743-1826. In this time, Jefferson accomplished many great feats. ... This essay will prove that Thomas Jefferson's life and work in preparing the Declaration of Independence has stood the test of time as one of the greatest impacts during the enlightenment period. ... After appointed, Jefferson began working on the Declaration, Jefferson's first draft was considered to stro...
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson supported the territorial expansion of the U.S., for the progress and successful domination of North America. ... In 1803 Thomas Jefferson deviated from those beliefs in support of territorial expansion. Thomas Jefferson purchased the land between the Mississippi River, extending to the Rocky Mountains. ... Thomas Jefferson helped to negotiated over 53 land cession treaties with Indians. ... In the end I believe that Thomas Jefferson made the right decision in expanding the United States. ...
